Fruit basket packing device



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FRUIT BASKET PACKING DEVICE Filed Dec. 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

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Patented July 26, 1932 I UNITED STA HENRY B. SUT'IER AND KIRK GRUIBERHASELTINE, F SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI FRUIT 'IBASKET PACKING DEVICE.

Application filed December 27, 1929. 'Serial K0. 416,908.

basket may be received on the. upper end of the tub in inverted positionfor the reception of fruitpacked in the tub upon upward movement of thefacing plate within the tub. A further object is to taper the upper endof the tub so that the same will receive the I fruit basket in invertedposition'and to propass through the upper open end of the tub and bereceived in the basket. 7

A further object is to provide one side of the facing plate with springcatches adapted ,to spring into hooked engagement with the inner ring ofthe basket for holding one side of the plate when moving the basket fromthe tapered end of the tub.

'A further object is to provide the inner concaved side of the facingplate with a plurality of concentric rings, preferably formed fromfibrous 'material, stitched be tween layers of fabric, thereby formingconcentric grooves in which the facing fruit may be arranged, and at thesame time preventing bruising of the fruit when poured into the tub ontothe facing plate. 7 5

A further object is to form the facing plate stop lugs from bracketmembers secured to opposite sides of the tub and having portionsinclining downwardlyand inwardly through apertures in the wall of thetub, and inclining downwardly and outwardly into engagement with theperiphery of the tub, adjacent the tub bead'for rigidly bracing thelugs.

A further object is to provide an ejector stand for the facing platecomprising an annular member adapted to engage the under convex side ofthe facing plate, in a manner whereby when the tub is packed, the tuband facing plate will center themselves, and means for securing thestand to a support or table.

With the above and other objects in view so the invention resides in thecombination and portion the'facing plate whereby upon down- "table. wardmovement of the facingplate, it will 1 t P a Q- Figure 4 1s a verticaltransverse sectional c arrangement of parts as hereinafter setforth,

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shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the, precise embodiment of the invention may be a made withinthe scope of-what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings: 1

ing device, showing the; same after the tub Figure 1 is aperspectlveview of the packfilling operation, and imposition on theejec-' tor stand.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the eiec} tor stand, showing the samesupported on a Figure is top plan view of the facing view' through thebasket filling device.-

Figure 5 is a horizontal. sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional View through oneside ofthe facing plate showing the facing channel applied thereto.-- 1Y 4 Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the tub, whichis preferably oy lindrically shaped, as shown, and has its lower endprovided with a reinforcing head 2, and its upper end with a taperedportion '3, which tapered portion 3 is adapted to engage within thebasket t to be filled,'upon f p a reversing operation. Tapered portion 3of the tub engages the inner peripheryof the inner band 5 of the basket,as clearly shown in Figure 4:.

In operat on, the tub l is placed on a table 6 with its bead 2downwardly disposed, and

with the concave facing plate 6 in the tub,

and on which plate, fruit to be packed and forced into the basket lis'placed.

Secured to" opposite sides of the tub brace arms 8 and9. V The upperends of the arms 8 terminate in outwardly extending,

device. The arms are omitted from the brace arms 9 'sothey-will not bein the way of the c operator. Brace arms'8'and 9extend down- 1 by meansof rivets 7 are vertically disposed wardly and terminate in inwardlyextending arms 11, which extend through apertures 12 in the sides of thetub, and to positions within the inner diameter of the upper tapered end3 of the tub where they will be engaged by the under convex side of thefacing plate 6 for limiting the downward movement of the facing plate.Arms 11 terminate in downwardly and out vardly extending arms 13, whichengage the inner periphery of the tub adjacent the reinforcing head 2,therefore itwill be seen that the arms are thoroughly braced forsupporting the weight of the facing plate and fruit therein, which isbuilt up to a position adjacent the upper end of the Disposed in theconcaved upper side of the facing plate is a. pad 14, preferably formedfrom two layers of fabric 15, between which are placed rings 1.6 whichmay be any number, however for purposes of illustration two are shown.The rings 16 may be formed from any material, for instance, rope,riihber or leather and held in concentric relav ion by means ofstitching 17, therefore it will be seen when fruit is dumped into thetub, when the tub is on a table or other sup port, the fruit will not beinjured, that is, the facing fruit 18, indicated in dotted lines inFigure 3, and which fruit is arranged symmetrically and concentricallybetween the rings on the pad 1%, as shown in dotted lines in Eigure Theouter marginal edge of plate and pad is preferably held within aclamping ring In operation the tub I is placed on a table with its bead2 resting on the table, then the acing pls e i. with its pad 41 is p a ein the tub resting on the inwardly inclined stop arms 11 adjacent thebottom of the tub. After placing the facing plate 6 in position, thefacing fruit 18 is arranged between the concentric rings of the pad andthe desired amoun f r i bu t p in he 1- A te the fruit is arranged theoperator grasps the oppositely ext-ending handles 10 and lifts the tuband places the same on the annular member 20 of the stand 21, and itwill be noted that by providing the stand 21 with the annular member 20of smaller'diameter than the facing plate 6, when the convexed underside of the facing plate engages the ring 20, the facing plate will havea tendency to center on the stand incident to the weight of materialthereon. The basket t may then be placed onthe tapered end 3 of the tuband the operator forces the basket downwardly, which action will, forcethe tub 1 downwardly oyercoming the frictional holding of the tub by.the fruit therein with the ejector stand 21 holding the facing plateagainst downward movement. This operation will cause the fruit in thetub 1 to be forced into the basket 4, and as the facing plate 6 isSmaller indiameter than the open end of the tapered portion 3 of thetub, said facing plate will pass partially into the basket 3 where itsspring hooks 22, to one side thereof, will hook over the basket band 3.At this point the operator grasps the basket, forces the same upwardlyat the nonhook side until he can grip the free of the facing plate andthen he turns the basket with its contents over so that its bottom 23 isplaced on the table, and after which operation, the facing plate isremoved from the basket mouth, and is again placed in the tub for thenext operation.

From the above itwill be seen that a basket filling apparatus isprovided, which is simple in construction, the parts reduced to a mini-,mum, and one wherein the filling operation is rapid, and the facingfruit arranged in an artistic manner, thereby increasing the sale-Rum-y- The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new anduseful is 1. A fruit basket filling device comprising a cylindrical tub,the upper end of said tub being restrict-ed and adapted to receivethereon the inner hoop of an open end of an inverted fruit basket, aremovable ejector bottom in the tub and vertically movable in the tuband through the upper restricted end of toe tub and hook means carriedby the bottom and cooperating with the inner hoop of the fruit basketfor holding the bottom in relation to the basket while removing thebasket from the tub.

2. A fruit basket filling device comprising a tub having its upper endopen, means for suriwr i s a ep a e Q1 the upse n o the tub, avertically movable ejector bottom in said tub, brace bars secured toopposite sides of the tub, said brace bars having their lower endsextending downwardly and inwardly through the wall of the tub andunderlying the ejector bottom, said downwardly and inwardly extendingportions of the bars terminating in downwardly and outwardly extendingportions engaging the tub, and handle members carried by said tub.

3. A fruit basket filling device comprising a tub, means for receivingand supporting a basket on the upper end of said tub in an invertedposition, a removable ejector bottom in the tub and vertically movablethrough the upper end of the tub and interengaging means carried by saidbottom and cooperating with the basket for holding the bottom inrelation to the basket whileremoving the basket from the tub.

i. A fruit basket filling device comprising tub, means carried by theupper end of the tub for receiving the open end of a basket andsupporting the same in an inserted position on the tub, a removableejector bottom in the tub and vertically movable therethrough andoutwardly movable interengaging members carried by the bottom andcooperating with lulltw the basket for attaching the bottom thereto andmaintaining the same in relation to the basket when the basket isremoved from the: tub.

and adapted to receive thereon in an inverted position a fruit basket,an ejector bottom in the tub and vertically movable therethrough andspring actuated interengaging means carried by the bottom and adapted tointerengage with the basket for holding said bottom in relation to thebasket when the basket is removed from the tub.

6. The combination with a fruit basket filling device comprising a tubhaving means for supporting a basket thereon in inverted position, aremovable bottom vertically movable through the tub, of interengagingmeans carried by the bottom and cooperating with the basket whereby whensaid basket is removed from the tub said bottom is attached to thebasket.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

HENRY B. SUTTER. KIRK GRUBER HASELTINE.

5. A fruit basketfilling device comprising. a tub, the upper end of saidtub beingopen

